September 8, 2021
Category: Ethics
March 6, 2020
Who do we vote for when the generations disagree?
Before the show began, a group of them started chanting, “please don’t make me vote for Joe Biden.” Others followed and for a glorious 90-seconds, the entire venue erupted in this collective lament. This chant haunts me.
September 24, 2018
Is the Senate truly justified in considering Brett Kavanaugh’s behavior when he was a teenager? {Reader’s Question}
Democrats are wrong, the case for looking into Kavanaugh's past is not self-evident. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a case. There is and it’s a good one.
October 8, 2017
Why can’t we legislate against guns? Some observations about American dysfunction.
If there is no place for debate about gun policy in the aftermath of the Las Vegas massacres, we have given up on the idea of politics itself.
November 27, 2016
No, students who sought counseling after the recent presidential election are not "precious snowflakes."
Why would they turn around and belittle those who feel the awesome power and intimacy of political decision-making?
November 3, 2016
[PSA] Yelling is not an argument; insults are not evidence.
Yelling is not an argument; it is a form of violence.
October 10, 2016
How should we think about moral relativism?
Some cultures eat horse meat, others make children work, others have caste systems, while others publicly display their own sex acts. Are these just preferences or can they be evaluated from an objective standpoint?
September 11, 2016
A sermon and an essay on the events of September 11, 2001.
Two essays in honor of the 15th anniversary on America.
August 17, 2016
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